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Ukraine's security service deports Russian journalist

August 30, 2017 6:01 PM ET

New York, August 30, 2017-- Russian journalist Anna Kurbatova was today grabbed on the street in the center of Kiev by unknown people and later deported, according to her employer Russian state television's Channel One. Ukraine's security service (SBU)...

Justice denied:

July 12, 2017 12:00 AM ET

Tough reporting earned Sheremet enemies in three countries KIEV — Olena Prytula was sleeping so deeply that her mind would not be fully alerted to the real-life nightmare unfolding outside her door until she came face to face with...

Ukraine bans Russian media outlets, websites

May 17, 2017 10:47 AM ET

New York, May 17, 2017--Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko should immediately reverse his order obstructing at least 19 Russian media companies, four popular Russian websites, and banning at least 13 journalists from entering the country for a year, the Committee...

Three journalists arrested in Maldives while covering protests

March 26, 2015 2:36 PM ET

March 26, 2015, New York--Authorities in the Maldives should immediately release three journalists detained this week while covering political demonstrations in the archipelago nation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....

In Russia, media regulator uses warnings to restrict the press

February 19, 2015 12:52 PM ET

In January, Russia's state media regulator Roskomnadzor issued warnings to six news outlets that published cartoons from French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Roskomnadzor said the cartoons were "insulting the religious feelings of Muslims and inciting religious hatred," and that the...

Mission Journal: Attacks on journalists in Ukraine lead to information vacuum

July 28, 2014 12:32 PM ET

"There are no [independent] Ukrainian journalists left in Donetsk," said Aleksei Matsuka, chief editor of the regional news website Novosti Donbassa (News of Donbass). "They have fled the region since pro-Russia separatists started targeting and kidnapping reporters," Matsuka told...